if humans are animals, why is it a bad thing that we carry “invasive” species to different places? and why are they considered to be invasive things we need to get rid of?

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NOTE: i am in no way saying carrying invasive species around isn’t bad/harmful! it very much is a big issue. i am just a bit lost on how humans (being animals) are doing “incorrect” unnatural things since we are natural(compared to other living things who don’t necessarily harm their environment)

okay, so i don’t really understand the whole invasive species thing. when humans carry plants/animals to different regions and they start rapidly growing there, why do we need to get rid of them? humans are animals as well (great apes), and a way that seeds/eggs spread is by grabbing onto other animals as they travel. so why is it different when people do it? i’m just confused

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Because those invasive species can destroy the biodiversity of that ecosystem they are placed in. For example, the Burmese python is a very invasive species in the Florida Everglades and they reproduce very quickly. So every year there is a snake hunting season where trained people go out and catch as many snakes as they can for money. These snakes eat up everything in those places including rats, raccoons, deer, etc. They are a major problem for that ecosystem.